The Inside Scoop

Short of heading down to the coast, this place is totally awesome. The ice cream is fantastic and the hot dogs are really, really good. I little on the pricey side, but they are very creative.
I believe they are working on in indoor lounge for the winter. From what I was able to see, it will be a great place to sit around near a fireplace. Cant wait.

I have had The Inside Scoop’s ice cream several times before as they often participate in functions at my office in Johnston. Last night was the first time I had ever visited their location. It’s a cute albeit typical little ice cream store, but the flavors and the quality of the ice cream are what had me sold. I tried a new flavor (peanut butter oreo) which was out of this world, and I was in love with the fact that even at 30+ years old they still allowed me to get the kiddie size. :-)
Also good to know is there is TONS of outdoor seating, so no need to sit in/​by your car like a lot of the little ice cream stops around here. Nice treat!

Enjoyed my third visit, and was not disappointed. Great ice cream. Truth be told, I have not ventured in doors yet, I have simply ordered ice cream at the window and enjoyed my scoop at the picnic tables provided out doors. Nice local spot, but would not travel great distances due to lack of home made waffle cones.

This place has pretty good icecream, but I wouldn’t suggest going out of your way for it. They have the standard old man flavors that I love, like orange pineapple and grapenuts, and a good selection of other flavors and soft serve. It’s a cute little place with outdoor seating. It would be nice if they had more shade but I can roll with the sunshine. Overall, it’s nothing special but a good option if you happen to be near there.

The pistachio ice cream was delicious. Parking is a challenge. But I could care less– the rich, silky ice cream was an amazing treat =) I only needed a child’s size it was so satisfying.

good ice cream but the behind the scenes isn’t pretty. my cousin worked there and told me the following
1) soft serve machine hasn’t been cleaned out in months
2) family owned however boss often embarasses and is mean to workers
3) boss makes workers pick fallen ice cream off the floor… so that homemade ice cream might have a few hairs on it

This place isn’t what I’d call cheap, but my kids LOVE it, and it’s a fun after school or work spot. It’s set on a heavy-​traffic road, but there’s set-​back patio seating and an air-​conditioned inside area with a local rock station playing. Many good flavors, and non-​dairy options help for the lactose intolerant. Next to a nice little tree nursery you can browse while enjoying a cone, too. Can accommodate birthday parties (small ones, if inside), and they have a mobile ice-​cream cart for events, which is a good idea. Great, wholesome little community spot for the family.

Great homemade ice-​cream! Friendly staff! Awesome selection including my favorite: white peanut butter cup and raspberry chip! Also a great place for clam cakes and chowder or fresh doughboys! Yum! Certainly a favorite!

4 stars,
you gotta do some egregious errors in the ice cream biz to strike out, maybe say, extort millions or serve a product that was secretly recycled chinese newspapers.
cleaver name, solid product, outside seating done rather well to accommodate the ebb and flow of summer.
my only qualm is how they make the flavor burst soft serve. i had the pistachio, which in soft serve is my go to (with chocolate decorettes, natch!)
first they draw the soft serve into a vessel, then add the flavor, mix it in a blender and then redraw it. i feel my ice cream has been touched in its private areas with all that handling. i like it best when the machine ribbons the flavor in on the pull itself. with all that jostling… warms it up too much and in the end it was runny and my pinkles fell off and onto the ground.
price is a bit high, but the hard ice cream is top notch, the peach and pistachio were really good. my mothers waffle cone wasnt to her standards, but neither am i. she was able to get a fresher one, i stayed the same. hey, i just gave you, the inside scoop.

As good as Brickleys? Debatable because Brickley’s puts actual malted milk balls in their ice cream, but as far as homemade ice cream goes, The Inside Scoop is darn good!

There are so many opitions of homemade ice cream! I love it! I love trying something new for every visit! What I really love about this ice cream shop is how clean it is! I hate going to get ice cream and the tables are dirty! This is not the case at the inside scoop! A+ ice cream and A+ clean!

I love The Inside Scoop! The homemade ice cream is delicious! They have the perfect variety of unique flavors, as well as sorbets, yogurts, & no-​sugar-​added kinds. And I love that they actually correctly call the chocolate «sprinkles» Jimmies! They also have a cute side tent area where they play movies on a big screen in the summer. As for the rest of the food– clam cakes, dough boys, fries, & chowder– I’ve yet to try that stuff, but I’m sure it’s pretty yum-​o. Oh, and the staff is super friendly!

Good but Sundaes is better.

My normal criteria for a «good» ice cream place is whether I’d bother to bring my ice cream taster friend along. I wouldn’t want to waste his time with the so-​so stuff. By that measure, this place has decent ice cream (made in North Kingstown) that I would definately come back for. My wife & I had Coffee Oreo and Chocolate Brownie, respectively.

Very very good ice cream here. We loved it!!! Very unique flavors to like «chocolate coconut almond» and «snick a ripple» Nice waffle cones as expected with homemade ice cream places but these are very thin may be fragile but nice touch instead of the hard crunchy waffle cones like ben and jerry’s

I often feel unqualified to review a business establishment after a single visit. This is not the case with The Inside Scoop. After agonizing over which flavor of ice cream to choose (from a fairly extensive ice cream selection that resembled the one at Gray’s, right down to the Grape-​Nut flavor), a friend and I discovered that we could split a sampler of twelve flavors of our choice for a mere $ 7.35. We handed over the cash and received a deviled egg tray filled with small scoops of ice cream surrounding a freshly-​made waffle bowl. So, after sampling twelve of their flavors, I can tell you with certainty that The Inside Scoop has some fine homemade ice cream. Our favorites included lemon (creamy, lightly-​flavored, and fresh, without a hint of food coloring – the best I’ve had in Rhode Island so far) and maple walnut (pretty much perfect). The vanilla, chocolate peanut butter cup, coffee Oreo, and butter crunch also fared well. Even better, though, was the friendly staff, including an owner who took the time to chat with us and to offer free balloons to the kids in the restaurant.
The available frozen treats include sorbet, sherbet, smoothies, and frozen yogurt as well as the usual array of ice cream, sundaes, and shakes (or frappes or cabinets or whatever you call them in this crazy state). The restaurant also serves coffee, clam cakes, clam chowder, and doughboys (the presence of the latter meaning that an offering called a «stuffed doughboy” – a doughboy filled with ice cream and hot fudge – also graced the menu). You can eat inside or outside a or walk up to the window and take your ice cream where you please. The possibilities are endless. Try that sampler if you get too overwhelmed.